Posts by tdovewings

I saw this and started laughing hysterically. At some point this is all going to come full circle and we are going to go back to basics. Even before I was in cake decorating my mom would "thin" her icing with a little milk for a crumb...

I'm so excited about your icing smiles cake! I can't wait to get a call. I signed-up in December, so we will see.   I delivered a surprise Abbey Road cake earlier today. I'll post pictures after the party (saturday night),...

I wasn't baking last night, all my orders were for the middle of the week. However, my children were monster this week and it took me forever to do simple things. I was up every night this week until 2am dealing with the kids are cake....

Whoa! Are you sure you didn't just make a mistake with the amounts. I've use that recipe many times, although I don't anymore. This looks like something I did once with a recipe, too little flour, used the wrong measuring spoon for...

It was the National Capital Area Cake Show, in Virginia. Right outside of Washington DC.

Sorry for the delay, I spent all day yesterday and today at the cake show. The pictures below are the icing images we all had to work with and what I came up with. When  I saw the icing sheets I immediately thought of kente...

The steno cake is awesome!   Well a few weeks ago I was practicing with edible sugar paper. Tomorrow is show-time, the national capital area cake show starts tomorrow and I'm up working on my "competition" entry. Everyone was...

I just tried it again, sanding the edges down even more. I'm going to say it's the fondant. Not as bad with ripping but still a mess nonetheless. I'm going shopping for satin ice, if I can't find it--I'm going to stick to what I know...

I've had no problem covering cakes with fondant, but today I'm trying to cover a cake dummy in fondant with no success. The fondant keeps breaking off right around the edges so I suspect it is probably because I haven't sanded the...

Yes, I agree with Gray. If the roses are on cupcakes or expected to be eaten, I'd use modeling chocolate. They are actually more forgiving too!